Working Waterfront Festival: Second annual High School Poetry Contest. Area high school students are invited to compose original poetry about the commercial fishing industry. Students are welcome to submit multiple pieces. The winning poet receives $25 and selected poems will be published in the Festival Program Guide. Interested writers are encouraged to visit the festival website for more information. www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org. Submissions must be postmarked no later than April 30.

Millicent Library: Thursday morning book discussion group meets at 10 a.m. third Thursdays. Theater Trip to Your Theater, May 18. Copies available at the library; Fairhaven Book Lovers Discussion group, 1 p.m. third Thursdays. "Defending Jacob," by William Landay, May 16; Monday evening book group meets at 7 p.m. last Mondays. Use Walnut Street entrance. Handicap-accessible. Call the library to register. (508) 992-5342. www.millicentlibrary.org. 45 Center St., Fairhaven.

The Oxford Book Haven & Cafe: Regular hours: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Used books sold at reasonable prices; most are 50 cents. You can also help out with our on-going puzzle or join in a game of scrabble, chess or checkers. Soup, coffee and desserts available. www.goodshepherdfairhaven.com. (508) 992-2281. In the basement of Church of the Good Shepherd, 357 Main St., Fairhaven.

Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Annual Afternoon of Poetry presented by Friends of the Mattapoisett Library, 2-4 p.m. April 27. Guests this year are Grey Held, Alexis Ivy and Margot Wizansky. Books will be available for signing and purchase. 7 Barstow St., Mattapoisett.

Local Ghost Stories Wanted: The editors at Rock village Publishing are seeking stories for a forthcoming book of hauntings and weird goings from Carver, Wareham, Middleborough, Lakeville and the surrounding towns. Deadline for story submissions is April 30. Please state whether photographs are available. Mail your story to Rock Village Publishing, 41 Walnut St., Middleborough, MA 02346 or email it to rockvillage@verizon.net.

An evening with Dennis Lehane: To benefit the Sandwich Reads together programming for children and families, 7 p.m. May 4. Author talk, Q&A and book signing, 7 p.m., pre-talk reception with Lehane, 5-6 p.m. at Dan'l Webster Inn, 5-6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for book talk, $40 for pre-talk and must be purchased by April 27. www.sandwichpubliclibrary.com. Sandwich Town Hall, 130 Main St., Sandwich.

Titcomb's Bookshop: Presents author Casey Sherman, 2-4 p.m. April 27. Journalist and true-crime author Sherman will talk about her book "Animal: The Bloody Rise and Fall of the Mob's Most Feared Assassin." Event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.titcombsbookshop. 432 Route 6A, Sandwich.

Sandwich Public Library: Presents Nancy Rubin Stuart, 7 p.m. April 25. Stuart is author of "Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary War Era Women and the Radical Men They Married." This event is free and open to the public. 142 Main St., Sandwich.

Rhode Island

"Listen To Your Mother": The National Reading Series celebrating Motherhood comes to the Providence Public Library, 2 p.m. May 4. Hosted by writer/blogger Ann Imig. Live stage production of local writers reading their original stories of motherhood. For more information visit www.listentoyourmothershow.com. 150 Empire St., Providence.